Do not miss this year's Baltimore Writers' Conference! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will deliver the keynote address and participate on a panel at the conference, scheduled for Saturday, November 20 at Towson University (in the University Union, pictured right).

Adichie is a writer of international acclaim, the author of three books: the novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, and the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Having earned a graduate degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins, she has since won the prestigious Orange Prize, given annually for the best novel written by a women in English. She has also received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

Registration for the day-long conference includes lunch, wine-and-cheese reception, one-on-one critiques, and the best craft, professional development, and networking opportunity for writers in the region. Click on the PDF link below for the schedule and follow this link to learn who else will be at the conference.